A NORMAL Fiat has been modified to allow the driver to travel BACKWARDS. The unusual transformation by Harpeet Devin is an eye-catching alteration on the roads of Bhatinda, India. The vehicle has four gears to drive in reverse and just one to go forwards. He has even fitted an ambulance siren to alert other drivers and pedestrians and added headlights to the rear of his car.
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00:00COMM COMM
00:04COMM COMM
00:05Harpeet Devi has found a unique way of making his driving stand out. He travels everywhere
00:10in reverse.
00:11HARPEET DEVI
00:12I wanted to do something new and I saw that no one in the world could do it. So I started
00:25reverse driving.
00:26COMM COMM
00:28Harpeet's unusual style behind the wheel has been a regular sight on the roads of Batinda
00:33in the Indian state of Punjab since 2003. He's modified his car, a Fiat Padmini, so
00:40that it now has four gears for reverse and only one going forwards, allowing him to drive
00:46backwards at speeds of up to 50mph. However, the reason he started driving in reverse in
00:52the first place was out of necessity rather than choice.
00:56HARPEET DEVI
00:57After years of reversing, he now feels he's a safer driver going backwards than he is
01:26going forwards and has been granted special permission by the state government to allow
01:32him to continue with his unusual style.
01:35To ensure safety, he's fitted an ambulance siren to alert other drivers and pedestrians
01:41to the fact that he's reversing.
01:45Crucially, he's also added headlights to the rear of his car.
01:49And while driving like this has brought him fame, it's also had an adverse effect on his
01:54health, as he now suffers from back and neck problems.